Count President Biden among those left speechless by the never-ending search for a speaker of the House.
As voting reached a seventh ballot on Thursday, the president had a hard time describing his level of interest in the process.
“I’m following it with great, uh… how can I say it?” Mr. Biden said after a White House speech on the border.
“Attention,” offered Vice President Kamala Harris.
“Attention,” Mr. Biden said in agreement.
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy worked through the night to mollify roughly 20 GOP holdouts who are denying him the votes he needs to become the speaker.